Improvement in plowmen s boots



J.'H. WALKER. Plowmans Boot.

No. 207,783. ate nted Sept.'3,:l87.8.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPHH. WALKER, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLOWM ENS BOOTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 207,783, datedSeptember 3, 1878; application filed v December 26, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH H. WALKER, of the city and county of\Vorcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Plowmens Boots and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of thesame,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, and in whicl1-- Figures 1 and 2 representperspective side view of the old form of plowmens boots as made prior tomy invention, as will be hereinafter more fully described. Fig. 3represents a side view of a plowmans boot made according to myinvention, as will be hereinafter more fully described and Figs. 4 and 5represent sections of portions of the boots shown in Figs. 2 and 3,respectively, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs to makeand use the same, I will proceed to describe it more in de tail.

In the drawings, the parts lettered A and B are the back and frontportions of the leg of the boot E, and these parts, as constructedprevious to my present invention, were secured about the ankle, afterthe foot had been inserted in the boot E, by means of straps O and I),strap D being sewed or riveted to the open side of the back piece, A,and also passing through a slit in the open side of the front part, B,of the leg, and having a buckle, a, securedto its free end in anysuitable manner, while one end of strap 0 is secured at b to the openedge of the fly part B, which in turn is sewed to the edge of the frontpart, B, on its side, and with the counter I at its lower end of theboot-leg, so that when the free end of strap 0 is carried around theback piece, A, and buckled with the strap D, the parts will be held inposition, as shown in Fig. 1. In this mode of construction, after alittle use, the lower edges of the open parts, A and B, would wrinkle upand bulge out, so as to leave a hole or opening, G, making the boot,practically, no higher in the leg than the counter of the boot, therebygreatly impairing the practical utility of the boot. I remedy thisdifficulty by inserting a gore-piece, H, as indicated in Fig. 3 of thedrawings, one edge of the gore-piece being stitched to the open edge ofthe part A, as seen at cl, the other edge bein g stitched into the scam6 with the part B,

and the lower end of the gore being secured by the stitching in with thecounter I. Consequently a tight bootleg is produced up as high as thelower edge of strap D, and yet of such construction as not to interfereWith the proper opening or spreading for the insertion and withdrawal ofthe foot.

Still again, the combination and relative arrangement of the gore-pieceH are such as not to interfere with the action of strap D, nor is itliable to be crowded by strap D against the ankle of the wearer. Thisresult is owing to the arrangement of the gore-piece below strap D, asindicated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, wherebywhen the straps O and D arebuckled about the ankle the gore piece H folds up neatly below the strapD, in such a manner as not to chafe against the anxle. It will thus beseen that by this part of my invention the foot of the wearer is wellprotected to a height exceeding that of the old boot just the length ofthe gore-piece, while at the same time an easy fit about the ankle andleg is obtained, as before explained.

Another part of my invention consists in extending the rear end of strapD through a slit in the back piece A, then extending it around under theback strap F, and fastening it to the back piece, A, and back strap, F,at the same time and by the same stitching that the back strap, F, issecured to back piece, A, as fully shown in Fig. 4. By this arrangementstrap D is not liable to be pulled off, while at the same time the backof the leg is left more finished, and can be drawn about the ankle ofthe wearer in a very even manner.

In Fig. 5, which is a vertical section of a portion of the backleg-piece, A, of the boot shown in Fig. 1, the mode of securing thestrap D is represented in this old form of boot.

Having described my improvements in plowme'ns boots, what I claimtherein as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

The combination, with the counter I, legpieces A, B, and B, of straps Oand D and gore-piece H, the strap D arranged above said gore-piece,substantially as shown and described.

JOSEPH H. WALKER.

Vitnesses Tnos. H. DODGE, EDWIN E. MooRE.

